CAP • DICCIONARIO INGLES.COM • Definition of Cap

Add this Dictionary
to your website!
See more options...

/kæp/ Listen

Cap

noun

1.

A tight-fitting headdress.

2.

A top (as for a bottle).

3.

A mechanical or electrical explosive device or a small amount of explosive; can be used to initiate the reaction of a disrupting explosive. Synonyms: detonating device, detonator.

4.

Something serving as a cover or protection.

5.

A fruiting structure resembling an umbrella or a cone that forms the top of a stalked fleshy fungus such as a mushroom. Synonym: pileus.

6.

A protective covering that is part of a plant. Synonym: hood.

7.

An upper limit on what is allowed. Synonyms: ceiling, roof. "There was a roof on salaries" , "They established a cap for prices"

8.

(dentistry) dental appliance consisting of an artificial crown for a broken or decayed tooth. Synonyms: crown, crownwork, jacket, jacket crown.

9.

The upper part of a column that supports the entablature. Synonyms: capital, chapiter.

verb

(past & past part. capped; pres. part. capping)

1.

Lie at the top of. Synonym: crest.

2.

Restrict the number or amount of.

See more definitions of Cap...

See images of 'Cap'

Etymology of 'Cap'

Related searches:

distributor cap

five-point bishop's cap

inky-cap mushroom

1 2 Next

WordNet 3.0 © 2010 Princeton University

Share |

"Cap" Quotes from Famous Books

... nullum animal nisi aestu recedente expirare affirmat; observatum id multum in Gallico Oceano et duntaxat in homine compertum," lib. 2, cap. 101. ...

— Religio Medici, Hydriotaphia, and the Letter to a Friend • Sir Thomas Browne

... went on, and at 2.30 p.m. I was not at all sorry to see the iron roofs of Gool-Gool. township disclosing to my view. We first went to the post office, where the mail-bags were delivered, and then returned and pulled rein in front of the Woolpack Hotel. A tall young gentleman in a mackintosh and cap, who had been standing on the veranda, stepped out on the street as the coach stopped, and lifting his cap and thrusting his head into the coach, inquired, "Which ...

— My Brilliant Career • Miles Franklin

... clearings. One small species (Coremia hirtipes) has a tuft of hairs on its hind legs, while many of its sister species have a similar ornament on the antennae. It suggests curious reflections when we see an ornament like the feather of a grenadier's cap situated on one part of the body in one species, and in a totally different part in nearly allied ones. I tried in vain to discover the use of these curious brush-like decorations. On the trunk ...

— The Naturalist on the River Amazons • Henry Walter Bates

... ere John appeared, his crisp wool powdered with snow which clung to his outer garments, and literally covered his dark, cloth cap. ...

— Aikenside • Mary J. Holmes

... flexible cap worn by the Persians. The king alone had the right to wear it erect and high, as a badge of royal authority. Some suppose that when Tissaphernes says that though he cannot openly place the high tiara on his head, but shall wear it on his ...

— The Two Great Retreats of History • George Grote

Copyright © 2025 Diccionario ingles.com